Transport Yearbook 2020

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6.1.2. Victims of rail traffic accidents

  2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Total number victims (killed and seriously injured)1) 82 95 92 83 80 94
by type of victim
passengers 16 20 5 5 4 14
railway employees 10 6 8 5 4 5
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 56 69 79 73 72 75
by type of accident
Collisions 4 14 4 6 2 16
Derailments 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 48 40 48 52 53 53
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 28 38 40 25 25 25
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 2 3 0 0 0 0
 
Killed (number) 29 34 34 28 30 34
by type of victim
passengers 6 4 1 0 1 2
railway employees 2 1 1 0 2 2
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 21 29 32 28 27 30
by type of accident
Collisions 1 0 0 0 0 4
Derailments 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 21 23 20 21 23 21
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 6 11 14 7 7 9
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 1 0 0 0 0 0
 
Seriously injured (number) 53 61 58 55 50 60
by type of victim
passengers 10 16 4 5 3 12
railway employees 8 5 7 5 2 3
other (drivers and passengers of the road vehicles and persons that were run over on tracks) 35 40 47 45 45 45
by type of accident
Collisions 3 14 4 6 2 12
Derailments 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents involving level-crossings 27 17 28 31 30 32
Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion 22 27 26 18 18 16
Fires in rolling stock 0 0 0 0 0 0
others 1 3 0 0 0 0

1) Suicides and attempted suicides are excluded

Source: DÚ